ISTANBUL, June 5 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Nine people were killed and several others injured Thursday in Israeli airstrikes in eastern and southern Lebanon despite a renewed ceasefire agreement, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing Lebanese media reports.
The National News Agency NNA said that Israeli strikes on the town of Sohmor in the western Bekaa region killed five civilians, while four others were wounded.
Following the attacks, the municipality of Sohmor urged residents and visitors not to enter the town due to “serious security risks.”
“The (Israeli) enemy is sparing no one, including civilian men and women,” the municipality said in a statement carried by NNA, calling for full compliance with the warning.
In southern Lebanon, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in the town of Maaroub in the Tyre district, killing one person and injuring another.
The agency also said a civilian vehicle was struck on the Zefta-Nmeiriyeh road in the Marjayoun district, wounding a father, mother and their daughter from Jdeidet Marjayoun.
The injured were transferred to Al-Rai Hospital in Sidon for medical attention.
In a separate attack, an Israeli drone hit a vehicle on the Zefta-Kfarroumane road in Nabatieh, causing injuries.
An Israeli strike on the Al-Masaken area in the Tyre district killed three people and wounded seven others, including three children and two women.
A separate strike on Arab al-Jal in the Sidon district injured seven people, among them two children and four women.
The strikes came one day after Lebanon and Israel agreed to renew their fragile ceasefire and establish “pilot zones” placing the Lebanese army in exclusive territorial control, with all non-state actors excluded.
The agreement was announced in a joint statement released following a fourth round of United States (US)-mediated talks held at the State Department on Wednesday.
The US-sponsored talks followed weeks of near-daily Israeli strikes on Lebanon that have killed nearly 3,500 people since March 2, despite a ceasefire that took effect on April 17 and was later extended until early July.
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